Jean-Luc Dehaene

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Jean-Luc Dehaene (August 7th 1940 with Montpellier, France) is a Politician Belgian, Flemish, member of the party CD&V (European Popular party).

He was vice-president of the European Convention and twice Prime Minister of the Belgium, 1992 to 1995 and 1995 to 1999. He is member of the Board of directors of the Think tank the Friends of Europe and was invited to the annual conference of the group of Bilderberg from June 3rd to 6th 2004.

He belonged to the Groupe Amato in 2007, charged with writing a project of modifying Traité.

He sat during the 47e legislature of the Room of the Representatives of Belgium.

Dehaene I (1992-1995)

The government Dehaene I (CVP - PSC - PS - SP) was marked by the resignation of several ministers (in particular following the Affaire Agusta), the death of the king Baudouin, the Belgian presidency of the European Union at the time of second half of the year of 1993 and one new reform of the State.

At the time of the European Summit of Corfou in 1994, British the Prime Minister John Major opposes the nomination of Jean-Luc Dehaene at the position of president of the European commission (in order to replace the French Jacques Delors).

Of return of an official trip to the the United States, Jean-Luc Dehaene announces, on February 17th, 1995, of the anticipated elections in May, because it estimates that the future government (the elections were normally to take place in October) must work out itself the budget 1996.

Dehaene II (1995-1999)

Considering CVP remains the first party of Flanders, the king Albert II names formative in May 1995 Jean-Luc Dehaene which forms the government Dehaene II (CVP - PSC - PS - SP) in one month. On the economic plan, its great success is the entry of Belgium within the euro area.

This government will be marked by the Affaire Dutroux which bursts in August 1996. Jean-Luc Dehaene will be criticized because it will remain on vacation in Sardinia and will prevent the king Albert II and the queen Paola to return in Belgium to join the pain parents. Following the success of the White Walk in October 1996, it agree to create the international center for missing children Child Focus with Brussels and launching without much success the reforms of justice and the police force. In 1998, the escape from Marc Dutroux involves the resignation of the Ministers for Justice and the Interior.

A few weeks before the legislative, regional and European elections of June 13rd, 1999, the scandal of dioxane bursts. Various analyzes conclude that there is a risk of contamination of certain animal flours by PCB. Many products are withdrawn temporarily from the sale. But the business takes a political turning when it is learned that the government Dehaene II had been with the current of these analyzes for several weeks and had not made anything public. The Ministers for the Public health and Agriculture, both members of CVP, resign.

After 1999

After the constitution of the Government Verhofstadt I in July 1999, the king Albert II grants the honorary title of Minister of state to Jean-Luc Dehaene.

To the autumn 2000, Jean-Luc Dehaene presents to the communal elections Vilvorde and is elected burgomaster. He is re-elected in 2006.

Following the elections of June 10th, 2007, Jean-Luc Dehaene is named negotiator by the king Albert II in order to facilitate the work of the trainer of the future federal government. He preaches a coalition between the social-Christians and the liberals. Its mission stopped rather brutally on July 14th when Yves Leterme was named formative. According to certain rumors, Jean-Luc Dehaene would have asked to be discharged about it because it estimated that Yves Leterme negotiated behind his back. In August 2007, Jean-Luc Dehaene belongs to the Ministers of state consulted officially by the king Albert II to leave the political crisis.

Jean-Luc Dehaene gave his scarf of burgomaster of Vilvorde on August 3rd, 2007, it does not occupy more any political office in Belgium. In an interview granted to the Evening , Mr. Dehaene created the polemic by rejecting on the French-speaking people the current problems of the Belgian Fédéralisme. COp cit: “If, in 1932, Wallonia had accepted the mode of bilingualism, Belgium would not be what it is today. ”

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